CPG Consultant · Founder · Advisor for Women in Product Business
I build brands that earn their place in the world — and help others do the same.
I'm August Vega — a CPG consultant and operator based in Houston, TX. I built Malk Organics from my kitchen to national distribution. Now I work with women founders in consumer packaged goods and product businesses who are done figuring it out alone and ready to move with intention.
20-min intro call · no pitch, just clarity
Built, Operated or Advised
Malk Organics
Amy Myers MD
Abejas Boutique
Persephone Biosciences
Blender Bombs
Miyoko’s
Doye Method
Good Bacteria
"I didn't have a playbook. I had a product, a story, and enough stubbornness to figure it out."
Malk Organics started in my kitchen in Houston with no investors and no roadmap — just a clean product and the belief it deserved to exist. Getting to national retail distribution meant learning CPG operations, brand strategy, co-manufacturing, and supply chain all at once. I built the muscle for every piece of it.
Since then I've led marketing and operations across multiple consumer brands — food, wellness, and retail — in roles that sit at the intersection of strategy and execution. That's the experience I bring to the women-owned product businesses and CPG startups I work with today.
Most of my clients are somewhere in the messy middle: past the idea stage, not yet at the point where the business runs without them. That's exactly where having a CPG advisor who has done it herself makes the most difference.
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Kitchen to national distribution, no playbook
Who this is for
You're a fit if
You're building a physical product brand — food, beverage, wellness, or consumer goods — and you're ready to scale past the idea stage into real distribution or revenue.
You're a woman founder — who's tired of generic business advice that wasn't built for how you operate or what you're building.
You need clarity before a big decision — launching, fundraising, forming a board, hiring, or signing a co-manufacturing deal — and you want someone who's been on the other side of it.
You need an operator, not a cheerleader — someone who understands CPG from the inside and will tell you what's actually true
Additional Services
You're still validating whether there's a market for your product — this is a 1 hour session
You want someone to execute the work for you — possible through consulting scope.
Your primary need is investment strategy or fundraising mechanics or board formation — this is a very specific need that needs intense focus through multiple sessions.
Expertise
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CPG Ops
Co-manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, and the operational infrastructure that makes a product brand scalable.
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Brand Strategy
Positioning, messaging, and the brand decisions that compound — from early identity through retail and beyond.
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Founding & Scaling
The 0→1 journey: what to prioritize, what to ignore, and how to build momentum without investors or a roadmap.
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Women in CPG
Advisory built specifically for women founders navigating a space where the default advice wasn't designed for them.
What to know before
Most CPG founders make their most expensive mistakes before they know enough to avoid them. This series covers the decisions that shape everything — written from the operator side, not the consulting brochure side.
Live
What to Know Before Launching a CPG Brand
The operational, financial, and brand decisions that will shape your first year — and what most founders only learn after they've already made them.
Coming soon
What to Know Before Fundraising as a Product Founder
What investors actually look for in a consumer brand, what your numbers need to say, and why most founders aren't ready when they think they are.
Coming soon
What to Know Before Signing with a Co-Manufacturer
Who belongs on your board, what you're actually agreeing to, and how to structure it so it helps rather than slows you down.
Coming soon
What to Know Before Forming a Board
The contract terms, MOQs, quality controls, and relationship dynamics that make or break a co-manufacturing partnership — before you're locked in.
Coming soon
What to Know Before Your First Retail Pitch
What buyers are actually evaluating, how to price for retail margins, and what it means operationally to say yes to a major account.
Coming soon
What to Know Before Making Your First Hire
When a founder-led business actually needs a team, what role to hire first, and what changes the moment you have employees
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Consulting
For early-stage founders
Founder Strategy Session
A single focused session to get clarity on your biggest blocker —whether that's a product launch decision, ops gap, retail readiness, or what to prioritize next in your CPG business.
90-minute session
Pre-call intake + follow-up notes
One clear action plan
Most common · Active builders
Ongoing Advisory
Monthly retainer for CPG founders who need a thinking partner and operator in their corner — through fundraising, launches, hiring decisions, and the messy middle of scaling a consumer brand.
2 calls / month
Async support between sessions
Ops, brand, and go-to-market coverage
For scaling brands
Project Consulting
Scoped engagements for specific problems: CPG brand launch planning, retail distribution strategy, brand repositioning, co-manufacturer selection, or operational overhaulbusiness.
4–12 week engagements
Deliverable-based scope
Built around your team structure